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conjoining

conjoining is the present participle and gerund of conjoin.

Meaning of conjoin

Verb

conjoin (third-person singular simple present conjoins, present participle conjoining, simple past and past participle conjoined)

  1. (transitive) To join together; to unite; to combine.
    • They are representatives that will loosely conjoin a nation.
  2. (transitive) To marry.
    • I will conjoin you in holy matrimony.
    Synonyms:
    bewed
  3. (transitive) To join as coordinate elements, often with a coordinating conjunction, such as coordinate clauses.
  4. (transitive) To combine two sets, conditions, or expressions by a logical AND; to intersect.
    Synonyms:
    affix
  5. (intransitive) To unite, to join, to league.
    • Our armie will be forty thouſand ſtrong,
      When Tamburlain and braue Theridamas
      Haue met vs by the riuer Araris:
      And all conioin’d to meete the witleſſe King,
      That now is marching neere to Parthia.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

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Noun

conjoining (plural conjoinings)

  1. An act by which things are conjoined.
    • Then too, a language may choose more than one phonetic way of representing these conjoinings; some of these ways may sound the same as some other things that are not just plain conjoinings.1981, Yoel L. Arbeitman, Allan R. Bomhard, Bono Homini Donum, page 127

Forms of conjoining

pluralconjoinings

Questions about conjoining

What does conjoining mean?
Conjoining means an act by which things are conjoined.
What is conjoining the present participle and gerund of?
Conjoining is the present participle and gerund of conjoin.
What part of speech is conjoining?
Conjoining is a noun.
What is the plural of conjoining?
The plural of conjoining is conjoinings.

Words near conjoining in the dictionary

  1. conjoinedly
  2. conjoiner
  3. conjoiners
  4. conjoinest
  5. conjoineth
  6. conjoining
  7. conjoinings
  8. conjoins
  9. conjoint
  10. conjoint bundle
  11. conjoint bundles

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